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I S C O U RS E 

DELIVERED AT SPRINGFIELD, 

OCTOBER 30, 1805. 

On occasion of the Completion 'and Opening 

OF 

THE GREAT BRIDGE 

OVER CONNECTICUT RIVER, 1. i 

Between the towns of Springfield and West-Springfield* 



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£<> BY JOSEPH LATHROP, D. D. . 

Pastor of -the First Church in West-Spring field. 



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Second Edition. 
L? / SPRINGFIELD, J^^f 

[H. BREWER — PRINTER.] 



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At a Legal Meeting of the Proprietors 

OF THE 

SPRINGFIELD BRIDGE— 

October 30, 1 805 — 
Voted — That the thanks of the corporation be presen- 
ted to the Reverend Doctor Lathrop, for his excellent dis- 
course this day delivered, on the completion of the Bridg- » 
and that Thomas Dwight, Justin Ely, and John Hooker, 
Esquires, he a Committee to present the same and to request 
a copy for the press. 

Attest — 

GEORGE BLISS, Proprietor's Clerk. 



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ISAIAH xlv. 18. 

God himself that formed the earth and made it Ae created 

it not in vain he formed it t« be inhabited. 



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VERY rational being directs his operations 
_j to fome end. To labor without an object, 
and aft without an intention, is a degree of folly too 
great to be imputed to n en. We muit then conclude, 
that the Being, who created the world, had a purpofc in 
view adequate to the grandeur of the work. What th s 
purpofe is the prophet clea^y exprefierin our text and a 
preceding ve fe. " He made the e*rth — he created man 
upon it — he formed it to be inhabited j" to be inhabited 
by men ; b) fuch beings as we are. 

Let us furvey the earth, and we (hall find it perfectly 
aiap.ed to this defign. 

Mofes, in his hiftory of the creation, informs us, that 
man v. as the laft of God's wo-ks. lhe earth was en- 
lightened and warn ed with the un, covered with fruits 
and herbs, and fto' kea with every fpecies of animals, be- 
fore man wes placed upon it. It was rot a naked and 
drea y, but a beautiful and richly furnifhed world, on 
*hich he fir ft opened his eyes. He was not fent to fub- 
due a rugged and intractable wildernef: , but to occupy a 
kind and delightful garden, where, wiih moderate labor, 
h's wants might be iupplied. 

When Adam fi. ft awoke into exigence, contemplat- 
ed his own wond<-rful frame, furveyed th- ground on 
which he trod, beheld the groves which waved around 
him, 'ailed he fruits which hung before him, and traced 
the flreams which meandered by his fide, at once he 



knew, that there muft be' an invifible Being, who form- 
ed this pieafant place for his habitation. 

The fame evidence have we, that the eanh was made 
for the children of Adam. 

The fun, that vaCr. fcndy of fire in the heavens, is fo 
fhtioned, as to cheer and fructify the globe, and render 
it a tit msmfion for human beings. By there^ulir chan- 
ges of the ft-afons, thofe parts of the earth become ha" it- 
ab'e, which otherwife would be barnt with intolerable 
heat, or iealed up with eternal froft. 

Around this^lobe is fpread a body of air, fo pure as 
to traufmit the rays of light, and yet fo ftrong as to fuf- 
tain the flight cf birds. This ferves for the brea h of 
life, the vehicle of found, the fufpenfion of v.a:ers, the 
conveyance of clouds, the promotion of vegcta ion, and 
various other ufes necelTary to the fubfiilance, or condu- 
cive to the comfort of the human kind. 

The earth is replenished with innumerable tribes of an- 
imals, of which fome ailift. man in his labors, fome yield 
him food, and fome furnifh him with ornaments and 
clothing. " To man God has given dominion over the 
work of his hands : Under man's power he has put all 
things ; a 1 fheep and oxen, the beafts of the field, the 
fowl of the air, the fifh of the fea, and whatfoever paf- 
fe r h thro' the paths of the deep." 

The productions of the earth are various beyond con- 
ception. Some fpontaneous — fome the tffedts of hu- 
m.n culture — fome defigned for the fuppo T t of the ani- 
mal tribes, and fome more immediately adapted to the 
ufe of man. 

On the furfa 'e of the earth we meet with fprings and 
ftreams at convenient distances to fatisfy the thiiity beaft, 
as -.veil as to ferve th± purpofes of the rational inhabitant. 
And beneath the furface there are, every where, contin- 



ual currents ofwa f er, fpreading, like the veins in a hu- 
man body, in various ramirkitions, from whi~h, wuh 
litt : e labor, daily fupplies may be drawn. 

The «jreat bodies of water, with which the land is in. 
terfecTed, furnifh food for man, facilitate the commerce 
of nations, ana refrei'h and fertilize the earth. 

By the heat of the fun, and other co-operating caufe?, 
waters from the leas, rivers and fountains are railed into 
the cooler regions of the atmofphe-e, there condenfed in- 
to clouds, wafted around by winds, and fifted down in. 
kind and gentle' fliowefs. Thus are our fields wateied 
without our iaoor or fkiil. 

The eairh fupplies us with timber, done, cement, me- 
tals, and all neceffary materials, from which we may fa- 
bricate implements for labor, coverts from cold and 
ftorms, Bridges for palling the ftreams, and veflels for 
navigaiing the feas. 

The natural world is governed by uniform and ftea 4 y 
laws. Hence we may judge, vithin our fphere, what 
means are nectfiary to certain ends, and what fuccefs 
may ordinarily attend the works of our hands. 

Now to what end was all this order and beauty of na- 
ture — this fertility and furniture of the earth, if there 
were none to contemplate and enjoy them ? Without 
fuch an inhabitant as man to behold the works, and re- 
ceive the bounties of God, this earth would be made in 
vain ; it might as well have been a fandy defert, or an 
impenetrable rock. 

But ftill the earth, richly furnifhed as it if, would 
lofe more than half of its beauty and utility, if man the 
poiT flbr were not endued with a fa ulty of invention and 
action. " This alio come h forth from the Lord of 
hofts, wh-> is wonderful in courfel and excellent in 
-woiking — for his Qod doth inftrucr, him to d.fcreuon. 



and doth teach him.** God has done much for man ; 
but has left fomething for man to do for himfelf. 1 he 
materials ate furnifned to his hand ; he muft fit and ap- 
ply them to aclual ufe. 

In the fird ages of the world, when its inhabitants 
we^e few, its fpontaneous productions in a great meafure 
fupplied human warns. But as men inaeafed in num- 
bers, they found it necelTary to form fociety, inftitute 
government and introduce arts for a more ea y, and efs 
precarious fubfiften:e, and for more effectual defenfe 
and fecurity. Hiflory carries us ba*-k to the time when 
arts firfl be^an — when iron and brafs were nrlt wrought 
inro utenfils b) the hand of the artificer — *-hen tents a id 
houfes weie confiru&ed for human accommodation— - 
when mufical it ft.uments were invented to amufe the 
mind, or to affift devo ion. The hiitory which we ha»e 
of the beginning and progrefs of a-ts — [he flare in which 
we now fee them, and the improvemei ts made in ihem 
within the time of our own re^oPe&ion, all tend ;o con- 
firm tie Mofaic account cf the origin of the world. 

The improvement in arts, tho* in general but fl ^w, 
has nearly kpt pace with human exigences. For iome 
time pail, their progrefs has been remarkable. Their 
p"efent ftate of advancement would have been thought 
incredible a century ago. A century hence there ma) be 
fuch aJdiiional uifcoverits and improvements as would 
feem incredible now. 

Not only in Europe, but alfo in our own countrv, es- 
pecially frnce our late revolution, great progrefs has been 
made in agronomical difcoveries, by whi .h navigation is 
aflifte 1 ; — in medical f.ienceby whi h dif ales a e pre- 
vented or cured — in agriculture by which our lands have 
much increafed in their produce and value — in in tru- 
ment6 and ma nines to expedite and diminifh human la- 
bor — in the mechanical conftrudion of mils and other 
water- works to effect the fame and iuperior euds by a 



lighter impulfe of water — in the formation and ereftios 
of Bridges to bieak the power of ices, and withftand the 
impetuofity of floods — in opening artificial canals by 
whLh the falls and rapids of fti earns are furmounted cr 
avoided, and in " cutting out rivers among :he rocks, 
and binding the floods," fo that an inland navigation is 
accomplifhed. 

Who among us, twenty years ago, exnecled to fee 
the two banks of Connecticut river unite 1 at Springfield 
by a Bridge, which mould promife durability ? Yet fuch 
a ftructure we fee, this day, completed and opered for 
p flTge — a flru&ure which difplays the wealth and enttr- 
priz^of the Proprietors, and the fkill and fidelity of the 
artifi e'rs, and which will yield great convenien e and 
advantage to the contiguous and neighboring towns and 
to the public at large. 

" Except the Lord build the edifice, they hbor in vain 
that build it ; and except the Lord keep it, the vatch- 
mtn wake in vain." In a work of tnis kind, the e is 
the fame rtafon to acknowledge the favoring and pre- 
serving hmd of God, as in all other enterpnzes and un- 
dertakings; and mo*e in proportion to its complexity, 
difficulty and magnitude. The feafons have kindly fmil- 
ed on the operations ; and the work was nearly comple- 
ted without any unhappy accicentor eviloccurrent. 

We lament the cafualty, by which a number of the 
woikmen were endangered, fome were wounded, and 
one loft his life,* a life important to his famils and varia- 
ble to fociety. And yet, confideri ig the ratureof the 
work, the it-ngth of time fpenr, and the number of peo- 
ple empo\ed in it, we mutt, gratefully afcribe it to the 
wat hful cae of providence, tha~ no other cafually has 
occurred. And when we consider the fuddennefs <md 
unf >rtfeen caufe of that event, by which io great a num- 
be were imminently expofed, we fee great caufe of 
thank; uinefs, that it was i.ot more difaltrous. They who 

* Captain Amos Snow, of Aihford, Connecticut. 



ef^aped without injury, or with but temporary wound?, 
ought ofien to look back to the time, when theie was 
but a itep between theni and death. 

This work, tho* the unhappy occafion of one death, 
may probably be the means of preferring many live?. If 
we were to calculate on the fame number of men, em- 
plo\ed for the fame number of days, in constructing and 
erecting our ordinary buildings, we mould certainly ex- 
pect casualties more numerous and di r adrous, than what 
have happened in this great, unufual, and apparently 
more dangerous undertaking. 

The dructure which we this day behold, naturaMy 
fuggefls to us a mod convincing evidence of the ewftenU 
and government of a Deity. 

Let a (hanger come and look on yonder Bnd^e ; and 
he will at once know that fome workmen have been 
there. Let him walk over it, and find that it reaches: 
from more to fhore ; and he will know that it was built 
with defign, and will not feel a moment's doubt what 
that defign is. Let him then defcend and examine the 
W'O'kmaBinip ; and he will be fure, that much {kill and 
the niceft art have been employed in it. And now let 
this fame man cad his eyes around on the world, offferve 
its numerous parts, the harmonious adaptation of one 
part to anoher, and of aU to the ufe and benefit cf mar ; 
and he vviil have equal evidence, that there is a Go , 
who made, fudains and rules this ftupendous fabric wf 
nature, which hi beholds every day, and which fur- 
rounds him wherever he goes. 

Such a (Iruct'.re as vender Bridge convinces us o f the 
importance ct Civil Society, and of a Firm and Steadj Gov* 

eminent. 

It is only in a date of focietv and under the influfnotf 
of government, that grand works of public utili y can 

be effected. Ihere mud be the concurrence of man ; — • 



there mull be union and fubordinatior — there muft be 
transferable property — there mufl be a knowledge cf 
am — there mull be fome power of coercion ; none of 
which can take place in a fava^e (late. An agreement 
purely voluntary among a number of individuals, with- 
out any bond cf union, but each one's mutable will, 
would no more have been competent to the completion 
of this Bridge at Springfield, than it was anciently to 
the fiaifliing of the tower on the plains of Shinar. It 
was neceflary here, that there mould be a corporation 
veiled with a power of compulfion over each of its mem- 
bers, and with a right to receive gradual remuneration, 
for theexpenfe of the work, from thofe who mould en- 
joy the benefit of it. And fuch a corporation mufl de- 
rive its power and right, as well as exigence, from fu- 
perior authority. 

The man of reafon will pity the weaknefs, or rather 
defpife the folly of thofe vifionary and whimfical phi'ofo- 
phers, who decry the focial union, and the controling 
power of government, and plead for the favage, as pre- 
ferable to the civilized (late of mankind, pretending that 
human nature, left to its own inclinations and energies, 
" tends to perfectability." 

If fociety were diflblved and government abolifhed, 
whit would be the confequence ? All the u'eful arrs 
wou'd be laid afide, loft and forgotten ; no works of 
public utility couid be accomplifhed, or would be at- 
tempted ; no commercial intercourfe could be maintain- 
ed ; no property could be fecured, and little wculd be 
acquired ; none of the conveniences and refinements of 
life could be obtained ; none of the cordialities cffriend- 
fhip and relation would be fe't ; more than nine tenths 
of the hu nan race mull perifh to make room for the 
few who mould have the good fortune, or rather the mif- 
fortune, to furvive. 
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Compare now the favage and the civilized ftate, and 
fay; Is it better, when' you are on a journey, to climb 
ragged mountain?, and defend frightful pie:ipices, 'hun 
to travel in a plain and kvel road ? Is it better to pafs a 
dangerous ft; earn by fwimming wi h your arms, or by 
floating on a !og, than to walk fecurely on a commodi- 
ous bridge? Is it better to till your ground with your 
naked hards, or with a fharp ftune, than with the labor 
of the ratient ox, and with inftruments fabricated by 
the carpenter and the frnith ? Is it better to cover your 
bodies with hairy fkins torn from the bones of wild 
beads, than with the fmooth and foft labors of the loom ? 
Is it better to ftarve thro' a dreary winter in amiferable 
hut, than to enjoy a full nble in a warm and convenient 
manfion ? Is it better to live in continual dread of the 
ruthlefs and vengeful affailin, than to dwell in fafety un- 
der the protection of law and government ? 

When men plead for the preference of the favage to 
the fociai Mate, they either muft talk, without thought j 
or muft wifh to aboiifh a free government, that it may 
be fucceede i by another more abfolute, in the manage- 
Dfri&t of which they expect a pre-eminent fhare. 

The work, which we this day feeaccompliihed, fug- 
gefts forre uleful thoughts, in relation to the nature of 
civil fociety. 

The undertakers of this work have Readily kept their 
great object in view, have purfued it with unanimity 
and zea 1 , have employed artificers fkilful in their profef- 
fion, and workmen faithful to their engagements, and 
the\ have fpared no neceflary cofh Thus they have ken 
the work completed to their fa; isfa&ion and to univerfal 
approbaiion. 

Here is an example for a larger fecicty. Let every 
member act whh a regard to the common interest, and 



ftudy the things which make for peace. In his fingle ca- 
pacity, let him be quiet and do his own bufinefs ; but 
when he acts in his focial relation, let the general inter- 
efi: predominate. Let him deteft that falfe and mifera- 
ble economy, which, under pretext of faving, enhances 
expenfe, and ultimately ruins the contemplated object. 
Let him never con Tent to withhold from faithful fervants 
their merited compenfation. In the feieclion of men to 
manage the public concerns, let him always prefer the 
wife to the ignorant, the experienced to the rude, the 
virtuous and faithful to the felfTfh and unprincipled, the 
men of activity in bufinefs, to the fauntering fons of idle- 
nefs and pleafute ; and in fuch men let him place juft 
confidence, and to their meafures yield cheerful fupport. 
Thus he may hope to fee the works of fociety conducted 
as prudently, and terminated as fuccefsfuliy, as the work 
which we this day admire. 

In the work itfelf we fee an emblem of a good fociety. 
The parts fitly framed and cloiely compacted together, 
afford mutual fupport, and contribute, each in its place, 
to the common ftrength ; and the whole (tructure refts 
firm and Ready on a folid foundation. In fociety there 
muff be a power of cohefion, refulting from benevolence 
and mutual confidence ; and there mud be a ground 
work fufficient to fupport ir, and this muft be Religion. 

It is obvious, that no fociety ran fubfifl long in a ftate 
of freedom, without juftice, pe&ceablenefs, fobriety, in- 
duftry and order among the members •, or without fidel- 
ity, impartiality and public fpirit in the rulers. It is e- 
qually obvious, that the bafis of thefe virtues can. be no- 
thing lefs than religion. Take away the belief of a divine 
moral government, and the apprehenfion of a future flate 
of retribution; and what principle of fociai or private 
virtue will you find ? 

It is too much the humor of the prefent day to confi- 



der religion as having no connection with civil govern* 
t. This fentiment, firlt advanced by infidels, has 

too implicitly adopted by fome of better horts 

But it is a Sentiment contrary to common experience, and 
common fenfe, and pregnant of fatal evils. As well 
may you build a cattle in the air, without a foundation 
on the earth, as maintain a free government without 
virtue, or fupport virtue without the principles of reli- 
gion. Will you make the experiment ? Go, firft, and 
tear away the pillars from yonder Bridge. See if the 
well-turned arches will fa/tain themfelves aloft by thtir 
own proportion and fymmetry. This you may as well 
expect, as that our happv Hate of fociety, and our free 
constitution of government will ftand fecure, when reli- 
gion is (truck a^ay from under them. 

If a breach fhould happen in thofe piilars, immediate 
reputation will doubtlefs be made. Let the fame atten- 
tion be paid to the ftate of religion and morals. Let 
every fpeci.es of vice and every licentious fentiment be 
difcountenanced — be treated with abhorrence — Let vir- 
tue and piety be enccursged and eheriflhed — Let the 
means of religion be honored and fupported. Thus on* 
ly can our focial happinefs be maintained ; thus only 
can we hope, it will defcend to our pofleriiy. 

The progrefs of arts naturally reminds us of the im* 
fort a net of rt vi L, tlon. 

The acquisition of the r e is left to human experience 
and invention. HeftCe they are more peri eel: in the pre- 
fen", than they were in preceding a<?es. But to inrtrikft 
u.v in moral duties and in our relations to the invifible 
world, God has given us a Revelation, anJ \V\* he has 
communicated to us by men infpired with his own ipirit, 
and by his fon fenr dc\»n from Heaven. Some arts, 
k • wn in one age, have be?n loft in fuc eedingages. If 
we attentively i C ad the book of Job, we fnall find, that 



in his dav, the arts, among the Arabians, had rifen to a 
degiee of perfe&ion, of whi :h fome following ages could 
not boaft. Bat the reve'ation, which God has given us, 
he has taken effectual care to preferve, fo far that no 
pa t of it is lolt to the world. 

Now fay, Why ha* God given a revelation to in^rud 
us in the truths and duties of religion, and none to in- 
(tn.ft us in hufoandry, aftronomy, mathematics and me- 
chanics ? May we not hence conclude, that religion is 
a matter which demands our principal attention ? 

If a number of men mould combine to extermirate 
the art?, who would not deem thsm enemiss to mankind ? 
Who would not rife to oppofe fo nefarious a defign ? — 
But thefe would be harmlefs men compared with the 
ma iignant enemies of revelation. Yet the latter may 
talk and write ; and hundreds may attend to, and fmile 
at their talk, and may read and circulate their writings ; 
and few feern concerned for the confequences. Yea, 
feme will fccffingly fay, " If religion is from God, let 
him take care to preferve it ;" as if they thought, none 
were bound to prac~ti(e it, and none but God had any 
intereit in it. 

While we contemplate theprogrefs of arts, we are led 
to believe a future Jiate of exigence. 

If this world was made for man, certainly man was 
not made merely for this world, but for a more exalted 
fpheie. We have capacities which nothing earthly can 
fill — defires whi h nothing temporary can fatisfy. This 
rational mind can contemplate the earth and the heavens 
i — .an look back to its ear lied exigence and forward to 
diftant ages — can invent new arts — can improve on the 
inventions of other?, and on its own experience — can de- 
vife and accomplish works, which would have been in- 
credible to preceding ages — can makeprogrefs in fcience 



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for beyond what the prefent ihort term of exidence w!U 
allow. Its willie* hopes and profpech are boundless and 
eternal. There is certainly another flate, in which it 
may expand to its full dimenfions, rife to its juft perfec- 
tion, and reach the fummit of its hopes ard profpects 

O, my foul, what is wealth or honor, a mafs of earth or 
a gilded title to fuch a being as thou an, who canft con- 
template the glorious Creator, pariakeofhis divine na- 
ture and rejoice forever in his favor ? The inhabitants of 
the earth, like travellers on the bridge, appear, pafs a. 
way and are gone from our fight. They enter on the 
ftage, make a few turns, fpeak a few words, tep off, and 
are heard and feen no morel Their places ate filled by 
others, as tranfient as they. How vaft is the number 
of mortals, who in one age only, make their appearance 
and difappearance on this globe ? Can we imagine, that 
thefe millions of moral and rational beings, who, from 
age to a :e, tread the earth, and then are called away, 
drop into etdnal oblivion ? As well may we fuppofe, 
that the fucceflive travellers on that Bridge terminate 
their exiftence there. This iurely is a probationary 
ftate. Here we are to prepare for a glorious immortali- 
ty. For fuch adefign the world is well adapted. Here 
God makes kr own his character and will, difpenfes a 
thoufand bleflmgs, mingles fome neceffary afflictions 
with them, calls us to various fervice*, puts our love 
and obedience to fome trials, gives opportunity for the 
exercife of humility, gratitude, benevolence, nveknels 
and contentment, and proves us for a time, that in the 
end he may do us good. 

This world has every appearan-e of a proba'ionary 
ftate — tha* it really is luch, revelation fully aiT res us. 
Happy is our privilege in the e: juyment of a revelation, 
vhich inftrucls us, what beings we are, for what end we 
were created, what is our duty here, and what is the 
flate before us. 



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God m lfelf to us in the frame of oqr bo** 

dips, in th of our minds in the wonders of 

his creatio Lib wifdom of his providence, mi the 

fopply of our wahtsi and the fuccefs cf our labors ;Sut 
more fully in the c'ommuni ations of his word. • Into 
our world he has- fent' his own Son, who, having ailum- 
ed our nature, dwelt among mortal?, taught them,. ibj 
his doctrines and example, how they ought to walk and 
to pleafe God, Opened to them the plan of divide meK 
cy, purchafed^for them a glorious immortality and 
prepared a new and living way into manfions o£ sternal 
blifs. >'rfi lo- 

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Let us gratefully acknowledge and aiTiduoufly-improv 
our moral and religious advantages ; regard this lif .., 
it is, a fhort term of trial for end lefs felicity and fuln 
of jov ; and whi'e we remain pilgrims here on ea 
walk as expectants of the heavenly world. 

Let us be fellow helpers to the kingdom of 
That is a kngdom of perfect benevolence. To 
for that itate, we mud begin the exercife of ben slence 
in this. God is the great pattern of goodm Our 
glory is to be like him. We then fhew ourf j 

like him, to be his children and heirs of an : 
in his kingdorr, when we love our enerr r 
the mifersbie, encourage virtue and righte 
promote the common happinefs within the } 
of our activity and influence. 

How active and enterprizing are many 
day, so facilitate an intercourfe betweer 
of the country by oreparing fmooth road? 
by fh etching Bridges over dangerous 
opening canals around rapid falls, ar 
towns ? — Their motives, we truft, ar . 
vhaever be their motives, they are a 
eit and prosperity cf their country. ■ L\ 



be a prelude to works more pious and' more extenfive!y 
beneiicent. May the time foon come., when an equal 
zea.Ufcall appear to remove all impediments, which lie 
jn jAe:way of a general fpread of the gWpe! and a pene- 
ra^tonverfion of mankind to the chviliiin faith. May 
tWpubiic fpirit, which operates f» ■£&Q«cefsftilly in the 
farmers caufe, rife and expand until iktyjdently embraces 
the latter. May we foon hear a voice, trying in the wil- 
x$©rnefs, * ; Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make ftrait 
En thedefert a high way for our God. Call ye up, cafl 
ye up, prepare the way, tak'e up the Humbling bio ks 
out of the way of his people." And may we fee thou- 
fands and thoufands promptly obeying the call. "Then 
(hall every valley be filled, and every mountain and liill 
fhall be brought low ; the crooked mall be made ftraif, 
and the rough ways fhall be made fmooth. And all fiefh 
ihail fee the falvation of God." 



COPT RIGHT SECURED. 



